Monday, 25 July 2011
Slightly fewer green beans today, but I still put a full cookie sheet into the freezer for later consumption. Gad, I’d be exhausted if I had to do a bit of canning every day to match the daily production. Blanching/freezing is not so bad in comparison to wrestling the jars and lids, and listening for the pop-seals.
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Whilst (how often can you toss that word into your blahg?) KW is off on early-morning walks, I have been out picking green beans. This morning I finished the row (yes, just ONE row) at 6:35, and that was late enough given the humidity/temperature combo.
Another current dietary accent is the tag end of the raspberries frozen last year—the berries are already forming for the current crop. Let’s hope this heat wave—expected to continue through the weekend—doesn’t cripple the harvest.
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Word to the wise: when you decide to make pasta for the first or second time, stick to to just a pasta dish. We, perhaps, got carried away. We made ravioli (that is, stuffed pasta, undeniably f-a-h-r m-o-h-r complicated) for our first pasta-adventure.
Short summary: oh, my gosh, yumm!
I just want to add: sage (mmm) and mushroom (also mmm)…infused…cream for the…sauce.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Note the sleepy insect pretending to be…a blemish?
Our most productive plant right now is the Thai basil. I’ve been raiding it at least twice a week (with a heavy hand), and it continues to get ahead of me. But, wow-ee, we are enjoying it in curries, with lots of veggies and rice. Mmmm.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Our volunteer yellow pear tomatoes are way ahead of the expensive greenhouse specimen that’s gotten special soil pampering, etc. In fact, I’ve eaten two of the sweet teardrop-globes already!
Friday, 24 June 2011
I held out such hope for my peppers this year, but apparently a crop is not to be.
Shrunken raisiny-wrinkled, olive pit-sized fruit do not edibles make.
I had wondered if we had enough bees to pollinate the flowers, but apparently that’s not the problem.
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Totally different celebration this evening, this time at our place. So, long story short, we celebrated with a friend temporarily holed up at our place, with a version of this cacciatora.
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
One of The Most Elegant birthday cakes I’ve ever had—strawberry-whipped cream white cake. Oh, yum.
Monday, 20 June 2011
Before we left, I helped The Botanist with some chores. I had the most fun looking for the earliest fresh peas (English peas, they call them in the Deep South, to distinguish them from field peas). We also removed a few old dead raspberry canes from the plants Gail gave Dad the fall he had the triple bypass surgery, cut off canker infested limbs from the plum tree, and checked out the basil that I germinated and Dad transplanted into his garden.
Thursday, 16 June 2011
I’m not sure what a Michigan firm (Meijer) is doing promoting an Alaska-based flavor name (the Denali part)…and curious about what Moose Tracks Tee-Em Fudge might really taste like…although the phrase sounds better than Muddy Footprints Fudge (with or without the Tee-Em—and yeah, I know it says Arr, but that doesn’t have the same ring).
Those with long memories may recall that long ago in another lifetime I was a Meijer employee, although then it was Meijer’s Thrifty Acres and Old Fred was still alive.